Education
Name: Senior's Initiative - Educational Workshop on : Medication & Aging
Length: Once (2 Hours)
Description: As part of our Senior's Initiative, our first ever educational workshop for Seniors 60+ is scheduled for Thursday, March 22nd (from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon). The workshop topic will be on Medication and Aging, and it will be co-led by our Lead Physician - Dr. Pauline Pariser and our Pharmacist - Dora Chan.
More educational workshops for seniors are planned for the rest of the coming year. There will be one on Memory Preservation in Summer 2012, on Nutrition in Fall 2012, and one on Physical Fitness/Mobility in Winter 2012, all with special guest/expert Speakers. Dates and details will be announced as the time comes.
Learning Objectives: For all those who are 60+, have you ever wondered about:
- Changes in our body metabolism as we age?
- Common drug interactions?
- What medications can help prevent illnesses common to the elderly population?
- Strategies and useful tips in administering medications?
- How to be an intelligent consumer of drugs and medications?
- Or if you have any other medication-related questions...?
Here is your chance to get your questions answered by our professional Pharmacist - Dora Chan, and our Lead Physician - Dr. Pauline Pariser
Workshop Lead: TC FHT Pharmacist and Lead Physician
Maximum Class Size: 20
Referral: Self-referral but R.S.V.P. required before March 15th, 2012. To R.S.V.P. or for more information, please contact our Social Worker, Raymond Chong, at 416-260-1315 x 308 or email to rchong@tcfht.on.ca
Name: CBT for Depression Length: 8 weeks (1.5 hours once a week)
Description: This workshop teaches strategies to patients suffering from depression. It aims to alleviate depression through the direct modification of the client's negative beliefs. This is done by challenging our perception of events through identifying faulty thought patterns.
Learning Objectives:
- To learn CBT strategies and skills To increase behavioural activation
- To learn more adaptive ways of thinking to decrease depression
- To examine how our thoughts and beliefs are connected to our mood, behaviours, physical experiences and events in our lives.
Workshop Lead: Social Worker with specialized CBT Training
Maximum Class Size: 10
Special Notes: Participants must be 19 years or older and patient of TC FHT
Referral: Primary Care Provider to refer to Mental Health Program.
Name: CBT for Anxiety Length: 10 weeks (2 hours once a week)
Description: This workshop teaches patients suffering from anxiety cognitive behavior strategies in a group format. It aims to identify, evaluate, and balance distress-related thoughts by examining how our thoughts and beliefs are connected to our mood, behaviors, physical experiences and events in our lives. The central idea in this approach is that our perception of an event or experience powerfully affects our emotional, behavioral and physiological responses to it. The Mind Over Mood workbook by Greenberger and Padesky is used.
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the physiology of anxiety
- To learn CBT strategies and skills
- To examine how our thoughts and beliefs are connected to our mood, behaviors, physical experiences and events in our lives
- To be able to identify, evaluate and balance distress related thoughts
- To learn techniques for relapse prevention
Workshop Lead: Social Worker with specialized CBT Training
Maximum Class Size: 10
Referral: Primary Care Provider to refer to Mental Health Program.
Name: CBT for Depression Length: 8 weeks (1.5 hours once a week)
Description: This workshop teaches strategies to patients suffering from depression. It aims to alleviate depression through the direct modification of the client's negative beliefs. This is done by challenging our perception of events through identifying faulty thought patterns.
Learning Objectives: To learn CBT strategies and skills
- To increase behavioural activation
- To learn more adaptive ways of thinking to decrease depression
- To examine how our thoughts and beliefs are connected to our mood, behaviours, physical experiences and events in our lives.
Workshop Lead: Social Worker with specialized CBT Training
Maximum Class Size: 10
Special Notes: Participants must be 19 years or older and patient of TC FHT
Referral: Primary Care Provider to refer to Mental Health Program.
Name: Multiple Family Group Therapy (MFG)
Length: Ongoing (1.5 hours once a week)
Description: "Sometimes it is easier to see something in someone else, than it is to see in ourselves." This is a group therapy where three or four families meet together on a weekly basis to discuss family problems in communication and relationship and work together to access family and individual strenghts.
Learning Objectives:
- Improve communication skills (speaking and listening)
- Increased trust Greater understanding of family members
- Group support
Workshop Lead: Two social workers with experience facilitating group therapy and family therapy experience.
Maximum Class Size: 4 families
Special Notes: Participants must be 19 years or older and patient of TC FHT
Referral: A referral to the Taddle Creek Mental Health Team, completion of the intake, and a family assessment help the team identify families that will benefit from this treatment.
Name: Wellness and Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
Length: 8 weeks (2 hours once a week)
Description: This is a peer support program where you work on recovering your wellness and creating your own WRAP. A WRAP is a system for monitoring, reducing and eliminating uncomfortable or dangerous physical symptoms and emotional feelings.
Learning Objectives:
- To develop an individualized "Wellness Toolbox" that includes for example, a daily maintenance plan, a list of your triggers, crisis planning, etc.
- To create positive change in your life
- To decrease occurrence rates of acute episodes of mental health challenges
- To become empowered by building your own network of supports
- To begin to develop the necessary skills to become a WRAP Facilitator yourself!
Workshop Lead: Helen Hook - Mental Health Recovery Educator, WRAP Facilitator
Outside Links: Contacts for WRAP - www.mentalhealthrecovery.com, Copeland Center - www.copelandcenter.com
Maximum Class Size: 10
Special Notes: Participants must be 19 years or older and patient of TC FHT
Referral: Self referral - Contact Taddle Creek Family Health Team Administration Staff at 416-260-1315, ext. 0 for the next available opening
Name: CBT Drop In
Length: Ongoing (2 hours), the second Wednesday of every month
Description: This group is for patients who have already completed either the CBT for Depression or Anxiety Group, and who want to continue to build on their existing CBT skills. In this casual yet structured environment, patients discuss particular aspects of their life where they have been successful in applying CBT skills and where they could use a "tune-up". Topics such as thoughts, records, action plans and core beliefs will be discussed. You can drop in at any time. No strings attached! Please feel free to participate in the 'pot luck' element of this group.
Learning Objectives:
- To keep up with CBT skills
- To share resources and provide support to others
- To complete 'homework' and ensure motivation, enhance skills
- To have a good laugh and de-stress
Workshop Lead: Social Worker with specialized CBT training
Maximum Class Size: Unlimited Pre-requisite: Must have attended TC FHT CBT groups in the past
Referral: Self referral - Contact Taddle Creek Family Health Team Administration Staff at 416-260-1315, ext. 0 for the next available opening